Motorola struggles benefit rivals

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- Motorola Inc.'s poor second-quarter performance in the global mobile handset market helped boost the results of its competitors, most notably Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., according to a preliminary ranking from iSuppli Corp. released Thursday.

In the second quarter, Motorola shipped 35.5 million mobile handsets, a 21.8 percent decline from 45.4 million in the first quarter. Company market share plunged to 13.3 percent, down from 17.9 percent in the first quarter.

Samsung of South Korea shipped 37.4 million mobile handsets during the period, a 7.5 percent increase from 34.8 million during the first quarter. This gave Samsung a market share of 14.1 percent, up from 13.8 percent in the first quarter, allowing it to displace Motorola as the world's second-largest mobile-handset maker.